A 48-year-old man was detained at the scene and authorities, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, were quick to condemn the attack as a terrorist act.

May promised to protect the country’s mosques while calling the attack an assault on the UK’s fundamental freedoms.

“This morning we have seen a sickening attempt to destroy those freedoms, and to break those bonds of citizenship that define our United Kingdom,” she said. “It is a reminder that terrorism, extremism and hatred take many…